President Jonathan gave the assurance on Saturday during a closed door meeting with all the PDP aspirants in Ekiti State at the Presidential Villa, Abuja
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He argued that the Criminal Code states that a criminal charge brought against anyone must be specific in particulars, claiming that the “matter in this case is not specific and it is nebulous”
Rising from their inaugural meeting on Monday, the aspirants, in a communique issued after the meeting, also said that consensus arrangement would produce a quality and marketable candidate with wide acceptability, hence their support for the advice by President Goodluck Jonathan that consensus process be used to select the 2014 governorship candidate of the PDP in Ekiti State
He noted that it was curious that the meeting of the South West Caretaker Committee where the decision was taken was held in an hotel belonging to Buruji Kasamu in Lagos State instead of the party’s Zonal Secretariat in Ibadan, Oyo State, where meetings of the South West Zonal Exco of the party are held
A source at the meeting told The Eagle Online that former local government area chairmen in Ekiti State were at the meeting
Fayose is said to be opposed to the proposal of the SEC to have a consensus candidate for next year’s gubernatorial election in the state
The party maintained that the present administration in the state had invested hugely in security, thereby making the state one of the safest in the country
According to information reaching us, Fayose noticed a Hilux car with a green plate number, which he suspected was occupied by hired assassins, trailing him
In a statement issued in Benin City, Edo State on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the ACN said the harassment and intimidation of Chief Awe was part of a grand plan by the PDP to muzzle the ACN in Ekiti State and trigger a breakdown of law and order in the state, which the instigators hope will culminate in a state of emergency, as boasted by the impeached ex-Gov. Ayo Fayose, who said no Ggvernor after him would finish his term
The governor pointed out that the good deeds of Fayose-Sorinolu will continue to linger in the memory of those who benefited from her kind gesture
As earlier reported by The Eagle Online on January 22, 2013, she was confined to the St. Joseph’s Hospice, Hackney Central, London, hospital bed for proper medical attention owing to the severity of the ailment
But now the ailment has taken a turn for the worse and she has been confined to the St. Joseph’s Hospice, Hackney Central, London, hospital bed for proper medical attention
Fayose, who was reported some time ago to own a posh house inside Banana Island,Victoria Island, Lagos, is now rated high as one of the Nigerians contributing immensely to the real estate sector of the South African economy.
Fayose was docked on a 27 count amended charge before Justice Adamu Hobon of the Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State